Tech Company Financing Transactions

Sprout Funding Round

On 5/13/2008, Sprout secured $5 million in Series B investment from Polaris Partners and private investors.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Announced On
5/13/2008
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$5,000,000
Round
Series B
Investors

Polaris Partners (Lead Investor) (Michael Hirshland)

private investors (Mitch Kapor)

Proceeds Purpose
Proceeds purposes were not disclosed.

Company Information

Company Status
Acquired or Merged
Industry
Internet & IoT
Mailing Address
2601 Mission Street 701
San Francisco, CA 94110
USA
Email Address
Overview
Sprout is the premier platform for easily creating, publishing and managing sophisticated rich media content on the Web. With Sprout, anyone can quickly and easily build widgets, minisites, banners and other rich media content for their blog, social networking profile or web site.
Profile
Sprout LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Sprout Company Twitter Account
Company News
Sprout News
Facebook
Sprout on Facebook
YouTube
Sprout on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Carnet Williams
  Carnet Williams LinkedIn Profile  Carnet Williams Twitter Account  Carnet Williams News  Carnet Williams on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Kevin Hughes
  Kevin Hughes LinkedIn Profile  Kevin Hughes Twitter Account  Kevin Hughes News  Kevin Hughes on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Adam Taisch
  Adam Taisch LinkedIn Profile  Adam Taisch Twitter Account  Adam Taisch News  Adam Taisch on Facebook
VP - Engineering
Matthew McNeely
  Matthew McNeely LinkedIn Profile  Matthew McNeely Twitter Account  Matthew McNeely News  Matthew McNeely on Facebook


 

 

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